Watanabe Satoshi, Tanaka Junta, Tsuboi Kiyotaka, Tanaka Hiroshi, Kagamu Hiroshi, Yoshizawa Hirohisa, Suzuki Eiichi, Gejyo Fumitake
Dept. of Respiratory Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital.
Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2006 Oct;33(10):1493-5.
A 70-year-old woman was admitted with cervicomediastinal lymph node metastases from squamous cell carcinoma of unknown primary site (Sq-CUPS). The patient was treated with 4 cycles of chemotherapy combining carboplatin and paclitaxel with subsequent radiation therapy. After serial treatment, a partial response was obtained, and the disease has not recurred for over 2 years. Chemotherapy with carboplatin and paclitaxel followed by sequential radiation therapy was suggested to be potentially useful for Sq-CUPS with involvement of cervicomediastinal lymph nodes, although this group of patients is generally regarded to have a poor prognosis.
